Handkerchief.



PATBNTED JULYI?, 1906.V

H. STERNBERGER.

v HANDKERGHIEP.

PPMoATIon HLBD SEPT. 1'1 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 17,1906.

Applieaoaled September 17, 1904. Serial No. 224.839.

Tb ,all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY STERNBEBGER, a citizen of the United States of America, and aresident of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Handkerchiefs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in handkerchiefs or, more particularly s eaking, to ladies dress-handkerchiefs and t e object of the invention is to provide a handkerchief with a simple, economical, and unnoticeable means for holding or containing facepowder ada ted to ready a plication and use and to avoi the objectiona le feature of carrying and using a separate cloth. chamois, or

uff, as heretofore the ractice in places away om the privacy of t e dressing-apartment at home.

The invention consists in a handkerchief, one side of which is provided with a surface of velveteen or other like nap or pile adapted to receive and retain la quantity of face-powder for ready and convenient a plication, all as will be hereinafter fully set orth.

In the accompanying drawings, which serve to illustrate my invention, Figure 1 is a plan view of a handkerchief, showing the side thereof that embodies my invention; and Fig. 2 is a transverse section taken on the dotted linewof Fig. 1.

In the views, 1 indicates the body portion l of the handkerchief, composed of linen, silk,

or any ofthe customarymaterials or fabrics, and 2 indicates an ordinary hemstitched border on said bod ortion the latter having' therein .an insertiroxli 3 of lace or the like.

`not out of the ordinary The handkerchief thus far is as usual and at all, anditma have other borders or the insertion omit but v it being intended especially as a ladys dresshandkerchief it should 'have more or less embellishment.

4 indicates a surface for containing and applying face-powder or other similar re aration. This surface 4 is preferably o ve veteen suitabl attached to or woven integral' with one si e of the body portion 1, covering the internal or middle area inside the insertion 3, as shown in both the views of thedrawings. The surface 4 may comprise asepsecured along its four edges to the body portion 1 adjoining the insertion 3, or the velveteen nap or pile may be interwoven with the material of the body portion of the handkerchief so as to proect slightly or'minutely from its surface an form a holding or absorbing surface'for the face-powder, and a soft, smooth, and desirable means for applying the latter in use. Instead of velveteen,

' the surface 4 may be of velvet, plush, or other like pile; butI refer velveteen for the reason that it holds t e owder well, washes well, and does not shrin in said wash, all of which are important features. Surface 4 forms an auxiliary face-powder holding and applying one for handkerchiefs, and the side it 1s applied to then becomes the back of the apparel practically, the same being unnoticea e to view when carrying it by the usual folding thereof or taking it bythe center with the other or usual face exposed outward.

To all appearances my handkerchief is nothing but an ordinary one, as the face-powder-containing side is not exposed to view, and even if it were, by accident or otherwise, the pile material used is of the same hue as the handkerchief fabric and is not noticeable, as hereinbefore stated.

The surface 4 does not in any wise interfere with or affect the regular use of the handkerchief, and its application thereto adds but little expense in manufacture.

I claim- A ladys combined dress-handkerchief and owder-cloth, comprised in its entirety of a body portion, a section of velveteen of the same area as said bod stitched along all four of its sides to said bo y so as to have its edges lie flush with the edges of said body, said velveteen constituting a faceowder holding and applying surface, a bor er surrounding said body and spaced therefrom, and insertion connecting said border to said body portion.

Signed at Cincinnati, Ohio, this 7th day of- September, 1904.

HENRY STERNBERGER'.

aratepiece'of velveteen stitched or otherwise 

